UPDATE: In keeping with the Seattle Police Department’s ongoing transparency efforts, SPD is releasing body cam video from this incident. Portions of the video have been blurred or redacted to ensure nondisclosure of sensitive or personal information. Detectives are investigating the death of a 53-year-old man last night in North… [ Keep reading ]
Police arrested a 25-year-old Covington man and seized his AR-15 rifle this week after he sent a series of escalating messages to pastors at a University District church invoking a recent mass shooting at a Texas church and telling them it was “time to engage the artillery and kill you… [ Keep reading ]
Officers arrested a man Tuesday after he robbed a Brighton neighborhood store at knifepoint. A store clerk in the 6600 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Way South called 911 Tuesday night just before 8 p.m. to report that the store he works at had been robbed at knife point. The… [ Keep reading ]
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) declared November 13 – 19, Traffic Incident Response Week, to highlight the work first responders do to keep the public safe. Seattle Police, Seattle Fire, and Seattle Department of Transportation employees respond to crashes every day. The City of Seattle recognized that this can be a dangerous… [ Keep reading ]
I wholeheartedly support this bold step to transform the way our community handles juvenile offenders. Credible research suggests that we can reduce crime by bringing a rehabilitative, public health approach to juvenile justice. In addition to the change that’s being announced today, I also believe we must continue to expand… [ Keep reading ]
A man and a woman are recovering after being rescued by the Harbor Patrol after they were observed in distress yesterday afternoon while boating on Lake Washington. Shortly after 4:00 pm, during a windstorm, officers aboard a Harbor Patrol boat saw the two kayakers off Magnuson Park. The winds at… [ Keep reading ]
Officers are searching for a suspect after he was seen stabbing a man Sunday afternoon in the International District. Witnesses called 911 just after 4 p.m. Sunday when they saw a 41-year-old man stabbed in the back in a parking lot. Witnesses said the assault happened in the 500 block of… [ Keep reading ]
Officers searching Pioneer Square for a warrant suspect Wednesday night chased down and arrested a felon previously convicted of murder, who was caught carrying a stolen handgun. Police were searching near 6th Avenue and Yesler Way around 10 PM for a man wanted on a narcotics warrant when the spotted… [ Keep reading ]
Detectives are investigating after a man was hit by an SUV Wednesday evening in the Brighton neighborhood. The 17-year-old driver of an SUV was traveling along Rainier Avenue South approaching South Graham Street just before 7 p.m. Wednesday. Witnesses said the SUV traveled through the intersection where it struck a… [ Keep reading ]
Police recovered a pair of high-end bicycles this week after a theft victim found his bikes listed on eBay. The bikes, worth about $13,000, went missing from the victim’s South Seattle home late last month, on October 20th. The bikes had been locked up on a rack in his garage…. [ Keep reading ]
